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Eli Yishai - Emil Salman - February 2012

Interior Minister says no plan to resign over damning Carmel fire report

Eli Yishai says will not leave post after release of State Comptroller report, expected to place different degrees of responsibility on other ministers and officials.

by Haaretz 0 comments

Benjamin Netanyahu - Emil Salman - 16.1.2012

Netanyahu: Knesset must find alternative to IDF deferment law

Netanyahu tells Likud faction that Knesset has half a year to find 'just solution' that will 'not divide the country' regarding ultra-Orthodox military service; says he intervened to ensure government housing programs give priority to IDF veterans.

by Jonathan Lis, Moti Bassok and Ophir Bar-Zohar 2 comments

Israel Prison Service reduces former Shas minister's sentence

Shlomo Benizri, who helped former President Moshe Katsav get accustomed to prison life, will be released this April after his sentence was reduced by a third.

by Yaniv Kubovich 3 comments

Eli Yishai speaking to the press earlier this month - Emil Salman

Shas vows to fight state comptroller if he seeks to oust Yishai

According to Haaretz report on Sunday, State Comptroller's upcoming report on Carmel fire recommends Interior Minister Yishai and Finance Minister Steinitz be removed from current positions.

by Ophir Bar-Zohar and Zvi Zrahiya 7 comments

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The 10th plague

In view of the Finance Committee's decision, we can't escape the notion that the whole idea behind the system of two commercial TV channels was to set up crippled, unprofitable channels that would have to turn to the government's helping hand.

by Nehemia Shtrasler 0 comments

The Israeli government is fooling you

The Israeli government website and an official Quartet declaration say that 'Israel welcomes the call' by the Quartet 'to conduct preliminary, unconditional and direct negotiations with the Palestinian Authority'; who are they fooling?

by Akiva Eldar 33 comments

Yishai must be reined in

Eli Yishai is undermining his party's image as the protector of society's weak and downtrodden as he tries to compete with Yisrael Beiteinu's racist campaign against Arab citizens.

Haaretz Editorial 0 comments

They're sticking their fingers in our plates

It's unclear why Judaism has had the misfortune of having those who are viewed as its representatives do everything to besmirch it.

by Shahar Ilan 0 comments

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